Public record
Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-11 05:22 UTC

microlinkhq / browserless

The headless Chrome/Chromium driver on top of Puppeteer. Take screenshots, generate PDFs, extract text and HTML with a production-ready API.

JavaScriptMIT★ 1,834 stars⑂ 91 forkssince Sep 2017View on GitHub ↗
KindCommand-line toolLibraryhow this is determined

microlinkhq/browserless holds a health index of 89 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Vitality (95/100) and lowest on Security (42/100). It was last updated today. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

89
overall / 100
Excellent

Software health index

Metrics are grouped into weighted categories on one standardized 1–100 scale. Overall starts as their weighted mean, calibrated against the distribution of the public record so bands carry percentile meaning; when public evidence triggers the High-Risk Jurisdiction Policy, the rating is adjusted and receives an At Risk ceiling of 34.

89
Exceptional93-100The record's top tier (≈ top 5%); essentially all checked criteria met
Excellent80-92Strong across the board; minor gaps
Good65-79Healthy; gaps are limited and manageable
Moderate50-64Acceptable with notable gaps; review recommended
Weak35-49Material weaknesses across several areas
At Risk20-34Significant weaknesses; adoption warrants caution
Critical1-19Severe problems (abandoned, single-maintainer, no hygiene)
VitalityCommunity &AdoptionSustainability &GovernanceEngineeringQualitySecurityAI Readiness

Score profile

Each axis is a category. The shape matters more than the average — a healthy subject fills the whole shape, while a spike-and-crater profile means strength in one dimension is masking risk in another.

The weighted overall 75 is calibrated to 89 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

microlink.ioOrganization · verified domain
369 followers62 public repossince Jun 2017

This repository is backed by an organization — shared, accountable stewardship that can outlive any single maintainer.

Package ecosystems

Metrics by category

Vitality

Is the project alive — is code being written and are releases shipping?

95Exceptional · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 0 days ago
27/36Commit cadence — 39/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume — 373 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year373
human_commit_share0.71
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year39

Release discipline

100Exceptional
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 100 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 0 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~1.6 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count100
latest_release_tagv13.9.15
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release0
mean_days_between_releases1.6
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases. Remaining weights renormalized.

Community & Adoption

Does the project have users, downloads, attention, and a welcoming setup for contributors?

70Good · 17% of overall
How it's scored
52.9/60Stars — 1,834 stars
16.3/25Forks — 91 forks
5/15Watchers — 9 watchers
Inputs used
forks91
stars1,834
watchers9
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (MIT)
0/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
7.2/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges18
has_contributingno
has_issue_templateyes
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_servicesshields.io
has_pull_request_templateno
How it's scored
64.8/80Monthly downloads — 71,917 downloads/month across npm
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packages@browserless/ai, @browserless/cli, @browserless/pdf, @browserless/goto, @browserless/errors, @browserless/capture, @browserless/devices, @browserless/function, browserless
dependents—
ecosystemsnpm
total_downloads—
monthly_downloads71,917
unverified_packages_excluded—
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Registry dependents. Remaining weights renormalized.

Sustainability & Governance

Will the project survive its people — bus factor, responsiveness, who backs it, and package upkeep?

71Good · 23% of overall
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
0.3/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 99% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 16 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 6 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled16
top_contributor_share0.987
How it's scored
39.7/42Issue resolution — 95% of issues closed
21.4/30PR acceptance — 602/842 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
0/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 0/19 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
merged_prs602
open_issues4
closed_issues70
prs_merged_7d2
prs_decided_7d3
prs_merged_30d19
prs_decided_30d21
issue_closed_ratio0.946
closed_unmerged_prs240
first_time_authors_30d0
first_time_prs_merged_30d0
first_time_prs_decided_30d0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Newcomer PR acceptance. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
20/20Verified domain
18.5/25Owner reach — 369 followers of microlinkhq
25/25Track record — 62 public repos, account ~9 yr old
Inputs used
followers369
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedyes
owner_loginmicrolinkhq
public_repos62
account_age_days3,359

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 9 package(s) on npm
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 0 days ago
20/20Version history — 660 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packages@browserless/ai, @browserless/cli, @browserless/pdf, @browserless/goto, @browserless/errors, @browserless/capture, @browserless/devices, @browserless/function, browserless
ecosystemsnpm
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish0

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

92Excellent · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 2 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — package.json ("standard")
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
6.4/6.4.editorconfig
16/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 12 out of 15 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigyes
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

100Exceptional
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://browserless.js.org
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 14 topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsautomation, chromium, screenshot, web-scraping, browser, browserless, chrome, headless, html, javascript, nodejs, pdf, puppeteer, text
has_wikiyes
homepagehttps://browserless.js.org
docs_sitehttps://browserless.js.org
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

Are visible security and supply-chain practices strong, without unresolved high-risk jurisdiction exposure?

42Weak · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protection — branch protection not enabled on development/release branches
2/2.5CI-Tests — 12 out of 15 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0/7.5Code-Review — Found 0/19 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 6 contributing companies or organizations
0/10Dangerous-Workflow — dangerous workflow patterns detected
7.5/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — update tool detected
0/5Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed
2.5/2.5License — license file detected
7.5/7.5Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
0/5Packaging — no data
0/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0/5SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
0/5Security-Policy — security policy file not detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — no data
0/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
7.5/7.5Vulnerabilities — 0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated16
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive2
scorecard_aggregate4
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Packaging, Signed-Releases. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
7.9/35Direct dependencies free of known advisories — 2 affected: lodash latest (critical 9.1), sharp latest (high 8.4)
0/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — transitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope
27.8/40No advisories left outstanding — 2 advisory-carrying package(s) unaddressed past 90 days; oldest published 2,968 days ago
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories17
affected_packages4
assessed_packages48
unassessed_packages50
affected_by_severitycritical 1, high 3
direct_affected_packages2
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 48 resolved dependencies against OSV. 50 could not be assessed — no resolved version, an unsupported ecosystem, or beyond the reported package list. This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so the repository dependency graph was assessed instead. That graph mixes development and test pins with shipped dependencies, so only the declared runtime dependencies are scored; transitive findings are reported as context and excluded from the score. Reachability is not analyzed.

AI Readiness

How well is the repo equipped to be developed and maintained with AI coding agents? Carries a deliberately small weight (4%): agent tooling is a real maintenance signal, but a repository with none can still reach 100/100.

64Moderate · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
15/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt) — llms.txt served by the project website (https://microlink.io/llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history — 71 of 71 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtyes
llms_txt_urlhttps://microlink.io/llms.txt
legible_history_share1
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—
How it's scored
0/18One-command bootstrap
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — package.json ("standard")
0/11Static type checking
10/10Reproducible environment — Dockerfile
10/10Demonstrated agent practice — 33 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
8/8Automated maintenance — 28 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfiles—
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageno
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0.33
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share0.28
How it's scored
0/45Type-checkable code — JavaScript without a type-check config
55/55Manageable file sizes — 0/128 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageJavaScript
largest_source_bytes28,048
source_files_sampled128
oversized_source_files0
How it's scored
0/40API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto) — not applicable to this kind of software
0/20MCP server — not applicable to this kind of software
40/40Runnable examples — examples
Inputs used
example_dirsexamples
has_mcp_signalno
api_schema_files—
interfaces_expected_of—
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto), MCP server. Remaining weights renormalized.

Key facts

1,834GitHub stars
16contributors
373commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
100releases
1bus factor
4open issues
npmpackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
  • deps.dev does not index npm:browserless@13.9.14; advisories assessed against the repository dependency graph instead

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 91 ⇿
0Stars
91Forks
76Releases

When each star and fork was added, collected from GitHub and bucketed by day. Cumulative growth sits directly above the daily additions it is made of, so the two read against each other: steady organic accretion looks nothing like an abrupt, short-lived burst. Where that difference is measurable, it is reported as growth authenticity.

0204060801009122018-032022-052026-07
Major 2Minor 9Patch 65

Each point covers 8 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 4.0 / 10
4.0aggregate

Independent, tool-agnostic security assessment from the open-source OpenSSF Scorecard. Each check rewards a security practice, not a specific vendor's tool. Checks Scorecard could not determine are marked n/a and excluded from the security score (never counted as zero).Scorecard v5.5.0 · 2026-09-11 05:22 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0Branch-Protectionbranch protection not enabled on development/release branches
8CI-Tests12 out of 15 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0Code-ReviewFound 0/19 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
10Contributorsproject has 6 contributing companies or organizations
0Dangerous-Workflowdangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained30 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
0Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
10Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 80
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
npmdebug-logfmt~1.4.15packages/ai/package.json
npm@browserless/errorsworkspace:*packages/browserless/package.json
npm@browserless/gotoworkspace:*packages/browserless/package.json
npm@browserless/pdfworkspace:*packages/browserless/package.json
npm@browserless/screenshotworkspace:*packages/browserless/package.json
npmdebug-logfmt~1.4.15packages/browserless/package.json
npmkill-process-group~1.0.16packages/browserless/package.json
npmp-reflect~2.1.0packages/browserless/package.json
npmp-retry~4.6.1packages/browserless/package.json
npmp-timeout~4.1.0packages/browserless/package.json
npmrequire-one-of~1.0.25packages/browserless/package.json
npmsuperlock~1.3.5packages/browserless/package.json
npm@browserless/gotoworkspace:*packages/capture/package.json
npm@browserless/screencastworkspace:*packages/capture/package.json
npmdebug-logfmt~1.4.15packages/capture/package.json
npmws~8.21.3packages/capture/package.json
npm@browserless/captureworkspace:*packages/cli/package.json
npmbeauty-error~1.2.23packages/cli/package.json
npmbrowserlessworkspace:*packages/cli/package.json
npmdark-mode~3.0.0packages/cli/package.json
npmdset~3.1.4packages/cli/package.json
npmmri~1.2.0packages/cli/package.json
npmnanospinner~1.2.2packages/cli/package.json
npmnestie~1.0.3packages/cli/package.json
npmpretty-bytes~5.6.0packages/cli/package.json
npmprocess-stats~3.7.16packages/cli/package.json
npmrestore-cursor~3.1.0packages/cli/package.json
npmsignal-exit~4.1.0packages/cli/package.json
npmterm-img~5.0.0packages/cli/package.json
npmunique-random-array~3.0.0packages/cli/package.json
npmdidyoumean3~1.2.5packages/devices/package.json
npmmemoize-one~6.0.0packages/devices/package.json
npmrequire-one-of~1.0.25packages/devices/package.json
npmdebug-logfmt~1.4.15packages/errors/package.json
npmensure-error~3.0.1packages/errors/package.json
npmserialize-error~8.1.0packages/errors/package.json
npmwhoops~5.1.4packages/errors/package.json
npm@browserless/errorsworkspace:*packages/function/package.json
npm@cloudflare/puppeteer~1.4.0packages/function/package.json
npmacorn~8.18.0packages/function/package.json
npmacorn-walk~8.3.5packages/function/package.json
npmisolated-function~0.2.5packages/function/package.json
npmrequire-one-of~1.0.25packages/function/package.json
npm@browserless/devicesworkspace:*packages/goto/package.json
npm@duckduckgo/autoconsent~16.38.0packages/goto/package.json
npm@ghostery/adblocker-puppeteer~2.18.0packages/goto/package.json
npmdebug-logfmt~1.4.10packages/goto/package.json
npmgot~11.8.6packages/goto/package.json
npmis-url-http~2.3.13packages/goto/package.json
npmp-reflect~2.1.0packages/goto/package.json
npmp-timeout~4.1.0packages/goto/package.json
npmshallow-equal~3.1.0packages/goto/package.json
npmtough-cookie~6.0.2packages/goto/package.json
npm@browserless/errorsworkspace:*packages/lighthouse/package.json
npmlighthouse~13.4.1packages/lighthouse/package.json
npm@browserless/gotoworkspace:*packages/pdf/package.json
npm@browserless/screenshotworkspace:*packages/pdf/package.json
npm@kikobeats/time-span~1.0.13packages/pdf/package.json
npmdebug-logfmt~1.4.15packages/pdf/package.json
npmp-reflect~2.1.0packages/pdf/package.json
npmpretty-ms~7.0.1packages/pdf/package.json
npmnull-prototype-object~1.2.7packages/screencast/package.json
npm@browserless/errorsworkspace:*packages/screenshot/package.json
npm@browserless/gotoworkspace:*packages/screenshot/package.json
npm@kikobeats/content-type~1.0.4packages/screenshot/package.json
npm@kikobeats/time-span~1.0.13packages/screenshot/package.json
npmautomad-prism-themes~0.3.8packages/screenshot/package.json
npmdebug-logfmt~1.4.15packages/screenshot/package.json
npmgot~11.8.6packages/screenshot/package.json
npmis-html-content~1.0.0packages/screenshot/package.json
npmis-url-http~2.3.13packages/screenshot/package.json
npmlodash~4.18.1packages/screenshot/package.json
npmmap-values-deep~1.0.2packages/screenshot/package.json
npmmime~3.0.0packages/screenshot/package.json
npmnull-prototype-object~1.2.7packages/screenshot/package.json
npmp-reflect~2.1.0packages/screenshot/package.json
npmpretty-ms~7.0.1packages/screenshot/package.json
npmprism-themes~1.9.0packages/screenshot/package.json
npmsharp~0.35.4packages/screenshot/package.json
npmsvg-gradient~1.0.5packages/screenshot/package.json
All dependencies 98

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 58 direct and 40 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
npm@cloudflare/puppeteer~1.4.0direct
npm@duckduckgo/autoconsent~16.38.0direct
npm@ghostery/adblocker-puppeteer~2.18.0direct
npm@kikobeats/content-type~1.0.4direct
npm@kikobeats/time-spanlatestdirect
npm@kikobeats/time-span~1.0.13direct
npmacorn~8.18.0direct
npmacorn-walk~8.3.5direct
npmautomad-prism-themes~0.3.8direct
npmbeauty-error~1.2.23direct
npmbrowserless^13.9.9direct
npmdark-mode~3.0.0direct
npmdebug-logfmtlatestdirect
npmdebug-logfmt~1.4.10direct
npmdebug-logfmt~1.4.15direct
npmdidyoumean3~1.2.5direct
npmdset~3.1.4direct
npmensure-error~3.0.1direct
npmgot~11.8.6direct
npmis-html-content~1.0.0direct
npmis-url-http~2.3.13direct
npmisolated-function~0.2.5direct
npmkill-process-group~1.0.16direct
npmlighthouse~13.4.1direct
npmlodashlatestdirect
npmlodash~4.18.1direct
npmmap-values-deep~1.0.2direct
npmmemoize-one~6.0.0direct
npmmime~3.0.0direct
npmmri~1.2.0direct
npmnanospinner~1.2.2direct
npmnestie~1.0.3direct
npmnull-prototype-object~1.2.7direct
npmp-reflect~2.1.0direct
npmp-retry~4.6.1direct
npmp-timeout~4.1.0direct
npmpretty-bytes~5.6.0direct
npmpretty-ms7direct
npmpretty-ms~7.0.1direct
npmprism-themes~1.9.0direct
npmprocess-statslatestdirect
npmprocess-stats~3.7.16direct
npmrequire-one-of~1.0.25direct
npmrestore-cursor~3.1.0direct
npmserialize-error~8.1.0direct
npmshallow-equal~3.1.0direct
npmsharplatestdirect
npmsharp~0.35.4direct
npmsignal-exitlatestdirect
npmsignal-exit~4.1.0direct
npmsuperlock~1.3.5direct
npmsvg-gradient~1.0.5direct
npmterm-imglatestdirect
npmterm-img~5.0.0direct
npmtough-cookie~6.0.2direct
npmunique-random-array~3.0.0direct
npmwhoops~5.1.4direct
npmws~8.21.3direct
npm@commitlint/clilatestindirect
npm@commitlint/config-conventionallatestindirect
npm@lerna-lite/clilatestindirect
npm@lerna-lite/publishlatestindirect
npm@skyra/gifenclatestindirect
npmasciichartlatestindirect
npmasync-listenlatestindirect
npmava5indirect
npmbrowser-synclatestindirect
npmc8latestindirect
npmcanvaslatestindirect
npmconcurrentlylatestindirect
npmconventional-changelog-conventionalcommits10.4.0indirect
npmcssnanolatestindirect
npmcssnano-preset-advancedlatestindirect
npmfinepacklatestindirect
npmfs-extralatestindirect
npmgit-authors-clilatestindirect
npmgulp4indirect
npmgulp-concatlatestindirect
npmgulp-postcsslatestindirect
npmgulp-uglifylatestindirect
npmimg-diff-jslatestindirect
npmmeasuredlatestindirect
npmmeow9indirect
npmnano-stagedlatestindirect
npmnanobenchlatestindirect
npmnpm-check-updateslatestindirect
npmp-all3indirect
npmpdf-parselatestindirect
npmpercentilelatestindirect
npmpostcsslatestindirect
npmpostcss-focuslatestindirect
npmps-list7indirect
npmpuppeteer25indirect
npmsieve-of-eratostheneslatestindirect
npmsimple-git-hookslatestindirect
npmstandardlatestindirect
npmtempermentlatestindirect
npmtinyspawnlatestindirect
Dependency advisories 4

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 48 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 4 carry known advisories, of which 2 are direct. 50 could not be assessed — no resolved version, an unsupported ecosystem, or beyond the reported package list.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
lodashlatestdirectcritical54.18.0
sharplatestdirecthigh40.35.4
canvaslatestindirecthigh21.6.11
postcsslatestindirecthigh68.5.23

An advisory means the version recorded in the dependency graph falls inside an advisory’s affected range. Reachability is not analysed, and the graph includes development and test pins — a finding may concern tooling rather than shipped software.

Raw JSON report machine-readable

Feedback

Spotted something off in this report, or have thoughts to share? Wrong measurements, missed tooling, ideas, questions — anything is welcome. Every message is read and gets a response.

The message is kept through sign-in.

Scores are signals, not warranties. They reflect publicly visible practices on GitHub — not a code audit, and not a security guarantee.

Missing data is excluded and weights renormalized, never scored as zero. Methodology is versioned and open: metrics v2.10.0, schema v0.34.0 — full methodology · metrics wiki.

How one result sits in the wider record: aggregate statistics — npm.